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    introduced to three women‚ Desdemona‚ Emilia‚ and Bianca. All three are from different backgrounds and have different experiences with relationships‚ however‚ they all share one thing: they are all whores. At least that is what is conveyed throughout the tragedy. Despite the main female roles’ class‚ Desdemona‚ Emilia‚ and Bianca are all viewed as whores which in turn reveals Shakespeare’s views on women. Bianca seems to receive most of the strumpet slander out of the three women. This

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    Men vs. Women One way some people feel the sexes are different are that some men are too aggressive and some women are too sensitive. But in the world of overall retail shopping in stores or online‚ women top the charts of spending the most money on things they do not need. Women in the world spend about 5 trillion dollars annually‚ on themselves and their families. (Practical ecommerce) Men are reluctant store shoppers. They focus more on getting what they need and getting out quickly. Men and

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    To begin‚ the men and women have strongly implemented values; the men believe in patriarchal dominance and the women are taught to be submissive to the men in their lives. Throughout the book‚ Iago undervalues his wife‚ Emilia; he sees her as inferior and consistently belittles her. His perception is skewed by his belief that men are superior to women‚ and he generalizes women stating “ You are pictures out of the door‚ bells in your parlors‚ wildcats in your kitchens‚ saints in your injuries‚ devils

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    In the play “Hamlet”‚ there are only two women named Gertrude and Ophelia. Gertrude is the mother of Hamlet‚ and Ophelia is the daughter of Polonius and sister to Laertes. Throughout the play‚ it is evident that women are highly dependant on men. Both Ophelia and Gertrude allow the controlling men in their lives to form their identities. Thus‚ being one of the leading causes to their tragic death. Gertrude‚ mother of Hamlet‚ is proven to be dependent on Claudius thus transforming her into a weak

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    “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” Essay: DOES THE POEM PROVIDE A POSITIVE REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN? The poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ supposedly written in the mid to late fourteenth century‚ shows the decline of both the code of Chivalry and of Feudalism. In a desperate effort to reinforce the ideals of Feudalism‚ the poet‚ evidently bias towards the Christian church and its values‚ use the female gender as the primary causes of this decay. At the time‚ the religious values were deeply

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    Shakespeare’s play "Othello"‚ the female characters‚ Desdemona‚ Bianca and Emilia‚ are presented to us in a variety of ways through dialogue‚ reactions‚ relationships‚ and their actions. Shakespeare conjures up sympathy for women‚ especially in the scenes where they are accompanied by men. Desdemona is presented by Shakespeare in a somewhat contradictory fashion. Although she is "half the wooer"‚ she is victimised by almost all of the male characters. Her own father Brabantio rejects her

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    property to men or even prizes.In the great gatsby it say “though i was curious to see her‚ i had no desire to meet her . But i did “i want to see my girl.” In the great great gatsby women were very inferior ‚ the quote shows resistance or hesitance towards women and just the overall superiority in men .The woman in the quote is referred to and “my girl” not by her name it was very common for women not to be addressed by their names .Daisy from the great gatsby was a big example in how women were treated

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    Claremont Colleges Scholarship @ Claremont CMC Senior Theses CMC Student Scholarship 2012 How Men And Women Differ: Gender Differences in Communication Styles‚ Influence Tactics‚ and Leadership Styles Karima Merchant Claremont McKenna College Recommended Citation Merchant‚ Karima‚ "How Men And Women Differ: Gender Differences in Communication Styles‚ Influence Tactics‚ and Leadership Styles" (2012). CMC Senior Theses. Paper 513. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/513 This Open Access

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    The role of women in Antigone and The Iliad were completely opposite each other. Women during the time period of The Iliad weren’t as independent as the women during the time period of Antigone. Women during the period of The Iliad were portrayed as objects; they were portrayed as not being equal to the role of a man in the household; not even if they were in some form of royalty. In Antigone women had a little bit more independency and a little bit more equality. In The Iliad‚ a woman’s role

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    Tannen the article‚ Sex‚ Lies‚ and conversation" is about how differently men and women perceive conversation in their relationship. She states that lack of conversation is wreaking havoc within marriages. She explains how the way men and women communicate differs but the meaning is the same She also researched how men communicate amongst the same gender group and around their wives and girlfriends and concluded that many men pay attention even when they look as though they are not and when they are

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